#49A2BE#49A2BE

#49A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.094 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2BE
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -18.11, -22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 28.78, 231.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0701 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.094 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9585, 30.9723, 53.3681)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2BE #BE6549

analogous

#49BEA0 #49A2BE #4968BE

triadic

#49A2BE #BE49A2 #A2BE49

tetradic

#49A2BE #A049BE #BE6549 #68BE49

square

#49A2BE #A049BE #BE6549 #68BE49

split-complementary

#49A2BE #BE4968 #BEA049

monochromatic

#255868 #357E95 #49A2BE #76B9CE #A3D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#49A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#49A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2BE

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2BE	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.094 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd1',
    500: '#49a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2be;
$custom-light: #87bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.359,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66929,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2BE

secondary

#CBA498

accent

#7151D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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